The Indifferent Prince's Substitute

When Lin Yan woke up, Rong Yuan was gone again.He has long been used to getting up and washing by himself.

Remembering that Rong Yuan asked him to go to Fuyun Temple last night, after breakfast, Lin Yan was about to go out, Mother Zhao grabbed him and asked in a low voice: "Master, did you read the brochure Madam gave you yesterday?"

booklet?It was only then that Lin Yan remembered the pamphlet he had stuffed under his pillow. He was in a hurry to go out, so he prevaricated Madam Zhao and said, "Read it."

Mother Zhao was taken aback, since she read it, the prince also stayed overnight last night, why is there no movement in the room?And the prince left early in the morning before the young master woke up.

Ask carefully, Lin Yan has already got rid of her, hurried out of the courtyard door, and went to the study.

Walking to the door of the study, Rong Yuan was coming out to look for him, the two of them went to the front yard together, the carriage had already been harnessed by the front yard.

The two got into the carriage and went out of the city.

Fuyun Temple is a small temple in the suburbs. The abbot of the temple, Master Wu Wu, knows some spells to restrain demons. There are not many demon people.

Master Wu Wu disappeared while he was meditating in the meditation room. In the past few days, the monks in the temple searched the temple inside and out, but did not find any clues.The government also sent people to look at it, but they also had no clue.When Lin Yan and Rong Yuan arrived, the monks in the temple had just elected a temporary new abbot in the hall, Master Chengyuan, the second apprentice of Master Wu.

"My lord, my concubine." Master Chengyuan went out to meet them. Although Fuyun Temple is only a small temple, because it is close to the capital, there are many official men and women who come and go. Not to mention Rongyuan wears a mask with striking features, and the entire capital can recognize him.

Rong Yuan nodded slightly at Master Cheng Yuan, and said, "Take us to the meditation room where Master Wu disappeared."

Master Chengyuan turned around and led them into the front hall, walked through the courtyard door, and arrived at a small and quiet courtyard. Then he asked someone to push open a wooden door and said, "This is the Zen room where Master meditated that day. Put it back as it was. The meditation room has been sealed off for the past few days, and no one from the temple is allowed to approach."

Rong Yuan stepped into the meditation room, looked around, then turned to look at Lin Yan inquiringly.

The meditation room is not big, so it took a few glances to see it. Lin Yan shook his head at him, but he didn't see anything unusual.

Rong Yuan frowned, turned to Master Cheng Yuan and said, "We have to stay in the temple for a while, Master doesn't need to accompany us."

Master Chengyuan nodded, and said: "Where the prince and princess want to go, let the old monk's apprentice take you there calmly, and the old monk will leave first."

After speaking, he left with a group of monks.

Jingxin is a young monk, only fifteen or sixteen years old.Lin Yan asked him to take them around the monastery, and asked him as they walked, "Did anything special happen in the monastery on the day Master Wu went missing?"

"No." Jing Xin thought for a while and shook her head, "That day was the same as usual, nothing special."

"How about the previous few days and the next few days?" Lin Yan asked again, "Is there anything unusual in the temple?"

Jing Xin still shook her head.

Lin Yan was a little disappointed. He didn't find any traces of evil spirits here. Could it be that the disappearance of the mage had nothing to do with evil spirits?

I walked around the temple and found nothing.Lin Yan and Rong Yuan had no choice but to say goodbye and leave.

No clues were found in the two temples near the capital, Rong Yuan decided to go to the temples in other state capitals to see, but he didn't believe it and left no clues.

Two days later, the Qin family hosted a banquet.All the ministers knew that the emperor attached great importance to the girl named Sese, and they all brought their family members to the banquet.Zhang Bo also picked out a few congratulatory gifts from the warehouse of the palace, and asked Rong Yuan and Lin Yan to bring them over.

Inside the carriage, lean far against the wall of the carriage and close your eyes to rest.He rushed to Luming Temple in Yongzhou yesterday, he came back at dawn, washed and changed his clothes, only lay on the bed for less than an hour, then got up to go to the banquet.

Today's weather is even hotter than the previous few days, Lin Yan fanned him beside him with a fan.Rong Yuan's trip to Luming Temple this time finally yielded some results. Under the bed in the room where the mage disappeared, he found a handful of mud.

The mud is black soil, but the soil of Luming Temple and even the entire Yongzhou territory is dark brown.If you smell it closely, the mud still has a faint fishy smell.Rong Yuan asked someone to ask, but it's a pity that the land of the Daqing Dynasty was vast, and it was impossible to determine the exact location with only a handful of soil.

Fortunately, he had some clues, so Rong Yuan decided to go to the temples in other state capitals to see if he could find the same mud again.

Lin Yan was a bit tired from fanning with one hand, just as he switched to the other hand, Rong Yuan opened his eyes, took the fan from his hand, and fanned him.

"You sleep a little longer, it's not here yet." Lin Yan stretched out his hand to take back the fan, Rong Yuan pressed his hand and said, "No, I can't sleep well at this point of the road, I'll go back to sleep in the afternoon."

Lin Yan thinks about it too.After Rong Yuan fanned for a while, the carriage stopped, and the Qin residence arrived.

Lin Yan lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, the entrance of the Qin Mansion was very lively, the guests' carriages lined up in a long line, and two people dressed in Chinese clothes, one old and one young, greeted the guests with smiles.

"That's Qin Shangshu and his eldest son Qin Wenbin." Rong Yuan knew that he would not be back in the capital for a long time, so after introducing him, he lifted the curtain and helped him get out of the carriage.

Seeing Rong Yuan, Qin Zhang, Qin Wenbin and his son hurried over to greet him.Rong Yuan is well-known, he is not close to all the officials in the court, everyone is afraid of him, but they dare not neglect him.

"My lord, my concubine." Qin Zhang cupped his hands towards Rong Yuan and Lin Yan, and said with a smile on his face, "Please come in and sit in the mansion."

He personally sent Rong Yuan and Lin Yan to the gate, Qin Zhang summoned the housekeeper to send them to the backyard, and hurried to the gate to entertain other guests.

As soon as he stepped into the backyard door, he saw Gu Shuangshuang, Gu Zhiming and a strange young man in blue walking from the side corridor. Gu Zhiming stopped and greeted the two of them, "My lord, my lord."

Gu Shuangshuang was also blessed, so she was happy to introduce the young man in blue to Lin Yan: "This is my second brother."

"My lord." Gu Zhiyan came out from behind his brother, handed his hands over to Rong Yuan and said enthusiastically, "I have a question about military tactics and would like to ask my lord for advice."

Lin Yan remembered that Gu Shuangshuang, the second elder brother, seemed to admire Rong Yuan, and had always wanted to join the army. Unfortunately, his health was not good, and his family members did not agree.

Rong Yuan looked down at Lin Yan, Lin Yan nodded to him, and said: "Shuangshuang and I went to the garden for a walk."

"I'll look for you later." Rong Yuan and the Gu family brothers left, while Lin Yan and Gu Shuangshuang went to the garden.

"I just heard from others that the righteous daughter that Lord Qin wants to accept, that is, the girl brought back by the emperor, is called Zhao Sesel, and she is not yet twenty. Although she is a village girl, she is very charming and good-looking. Fascinated." Gu Shuangshuang and Lin Yan talked about the gossip she heard.

"How good-looking? Better than the empress, concubine Li, and all the concubines in the palace?" Lin Yan asked. He had seen all the concubines in the palace, and none of them were charming, and he had never seen the emperor be so fascinated.

"I don't know, no one has seen it yet, but we should be able to see it in a while. Mr. Qin accepted her as a righteous daughter, so she must not be present." Gu Shuangshuang said, "Everyone is so curious about her that they all want to see her. See what she looks like."

With that said, the two went to the garden.In the waterside pavilion by the lake, a group of girls were drinking tea and chatting. Lin Yan listened casually. They were talking about the evil spirits that appeared in the capital a few days ago.

"In the past few days, my father had the guards at home patrolling the mansion day and night. I didn't dare to sleep alone, and I was worried at night, for fear that those monsters would come to the door."

"It's the same at my house. Our house was crowded in the same room for a few nights, and we didn't dare to leave the door. Those monsters are so terrifying that they cannibalize people! Fortunately, they were caught by Mr. Gu and the prince."

"But don't you find it strange? The mages near the capital and even the surrounding state capitals have disappeared strangely. How did Lord Gu and the prince catch those monsters?"

"I heard that there happened to be a mage next to the prince, so I caught it by luck..."

Lin Yan rejoiced in his heart as he listened. He told Rong Yuan that day that he didn't want others to know about his magic skills. Rong Yuan agreed, but he didn't know what method he used. In the patrol team of about ten people that night, Not a single one really leaked out.

"Have those evil spirits really been caught?" Gu Shuangshuang asked Lin Yan in a low voice, pulling Lin Yan to the side of a deserted tree.

She heard her elder brother talk about Yaoxie's capture that night, and the capital really calmed down afterwards.But none of the missing mages has been found so far, and she always feels uneasy.

"I'm not sure either. The prince is still investigating the disappearance of the mage." Lin Yan hesitated for a moment, and told her in a low voice, "It's better to be more careful when you go out at night."

Gu Shuangshuang nodded. Her elder brother is also investigating this matter, and he has also told his family not to take it lightly.

There was a sudden commotion from the nearby water pavilion, Lin Yan and Gu Shuangshuang turned their heads to look, and saw a woman covered in jewels and emeralds, followed by a girl and a large group of servant girls walking towards this side.

"That's Mrs. Qin! Is that Zhao Sesel following her?" Gu Shuangshuang was excited, grabbed Lin Yan's arm, tiptoed to look.

In the water pavilion, there are not a few girls like Gu Shuangshuang pushing and looking at people on tiptoe.When Mrs. Qin approached with people, they patted their skirts and stood up, returning to their dignified and ladylike appearance.

"Mrs. Qin." Everyone blessed their bodies to salute Mrs. Qin, and Mrs. Qin said with a smile, "Don't hold back, come, this is my family."

Mrs. Qin said affectionately and pulled the girl behind her forward to introduce her.

Everyone raised their eyes and looked up, and couldn't help but suffocate.The girl in front of her was indeed beautiful, with black eyebrows and red lips, a small white face, a slim figure, and a charming appearance, with a rare charm, she did not look like a village girl at all.

Everyone else was amazed, but Gu Shuangshuang looked away in disappointment, and muttered softly: "It's not bad, it's not as good as the rumors."

Two days ago, it was rumored that this Zhao Sesel was very good-looking. She couldn't help thinking about the most beautiful person around her, and finally picked Lin Yan out.The one who can captivate the emperor's fascination should be better than Lin Yan.Who would have expected to see Lin Yan not as good-looking as Lin Yan today, but her temperament became a bit more charming. In terms of facial features alone, Lin Yan is still more outstanding.

She turned her head to look at Lin Yan, but found that Lin Yan was staring at Zhao Sesur in the water pavilion. She was startled, and quickly pulled Lin Yan's sleeve, and whispered: "Why do you keep looking at her? Don't forget, You are already married."

"...No." Lin Yan withdrew his gaze thoughtfully, why does this Zhao Sese have dragon spirit?He has only seen this kind of dragon aura on the emperor, could it be possible that sleeping with the emperor can infect ordinary people with dragon aura?But the empress and concubine Li also slept with the emperor, why didn't he see this dragon energy on them?

Seeing Lin Yan staring at Zhao Sesel in a trance, Gu Shuangshuang couldn't help but feel worried. The princess is going out of the wall, do you want to tell the prince, so that the signs of going out of the wall can be strangled in the bud?

Zhao Sese listened to Mrs. Qin's words with a smile on her face, her eyes glanced over the people in the water pavilion, and fell on the two people under the trees by the lake.His gaze stayed for a moment before he took it back as if nothing had happened.

Mrs. Qin only sat with Zhao Sesel for a while, and the housekeeper came to invite them to the front yard, saying that the banquet was about to begin.

The banquet is arranged for the ministers of the DPRK and China to be in the main hall, and the family members to be in the side hall.After Zhao Sese knelt down and kowtowed, and handed Qin Zhang her daughter tea, the banquet officially began.

"Brother Qin, he will be Uncle Guo from now on." At Qin Wenbin's table, someone made a toast to him graciously.

"What kind of Uncle Guo, there are several Uncle Guo on this table, please don't discourage me." Qin Wenbin waved his hands modestly.

"This is not the same. Brother Qin needs to be supported when he is promoted." Just now the emperor sent congratulatory gifts, which shows how much the emperor attaches importance to pampering this Zhao Sese.Among the women the emperor has ever had, none of them can compare with Zhao Sesel, not even Concubine Li when she was in full swing.

If the Qin family climbs into such a relationship, it will skyrocket in the future.

Qin Wenbin was humble on the surface, but he was extremely proud in his heart.The people he usually hangs out with are Du Mingxiu, the eldest son of the Marquis of Qiyuan, and his sister, Concubine Li.Although Yan Ji's father was only a servant of the Ministry of Officials, he also had an older sister who was a concubine in the palace. A few years ago, he gave birth to a little princess who was very smart and loved by the emperor.But his father was the Minister of the Household Department, and his only sister was not selected by the emperor and married to another place.There is no one around the emperor who can speak for his family.

In the past, when the three of them were in contact, because of Concubine Li's relationship, his father always asked him to curry favor with Du Mingxiu, and he gritted his teeth and got a lot of anger from Du Mingxiu.Now the feng shui is taking turns, Concubine Li is occupied by monsters, the emperor invited a mage to subdue her, and Qi Yuanhou's mansion plummeted.And his father was finally smart enough to seize Zhao Sesel's opportunity and make his family a relative of the emperor. He can finally feel proud.

"Mingxiu, are you still used to what you do in the household department?" Qin Wenbin pretended to look kindly at Du Mingxiu, who was opposite, and asked.

Everyone knows that Du Mingxiu is not as good as before. He was transferred by the emperor to a job with no future and no benefits. With the shadow of Concubine Li, the Marquis of Qiyuan can't even think about turning around.

Everyone around the table had gathered around Du Mingxiu to compliment him before, but now they were all gloating and wanting to see a good show.

Du Mingxiu squeezed the teacup in his hand, raised his eyes and smiled politely: "I'm still used to it."

"It's good to get used to it." Qin Wenbin pretended to regret, "I originally wanted to say that if you are not used to it, I can talk to my father and ask him to change your position. Although your current position is personally arranged by the emperor, but My father went to beg for mercy, the emperor should also let go of the old love."

These words were sarcastic and hypocritical, Du Mingxiu was so angry that he almost crushed the teacup, he suppressed the anger in his heart, and said with a smirk: "Thank you Brother Qin, don't bother Master Qin, my current position is very good."

Qin Wenbin sarcastically said a few more words. Seeing that Du Mingxiu's face remained unchanged, he suddenly felt bored, lost interest, and turned around to fall into the compliments from others.

When the banquet was over, Lin Yan and Gu Shuangshuang walked out of the yard together, and the carriages of each family were already ready outside the door.

The banquet in the main hall was not over yet, Lin Yan got into the carriage and waited for a while before Rong Yuan came out.The carriage started and went back to the palace.

Going back to the palace, Rong Yuan went back to the study to catch up on sleep, Lin Yan went back to the room and closed the door, and told Xiao Huangque about the dragon spirit on Zhao Sesel's body.

"Maybe it was infected by sleeping together. The Queen and Concubine Li didn't have it. It must be because she didn't sleep with the Emperor as many times as her." The little squirrel lay listlessly in the cage, the weather was too hot, and it didn't want to move. .

"Would it be possible to acquire dragon spirit by sleeping too much? But she and the emperor have only known each other for a few days." Lin Yan blinked her eyes, somewhat puzzled.

"Who sleeps with whom more often?" Ah Zhu's voice suddenly sounded in the room, Lin Yan turned her head, and saw the window was slightly pushed open, Ah Zhu crawled in, fell from the window to the ground and turned into a human form.

After the little prince was sent back to the palace, Huang Da and Tu Er went back to open the noodle shop and busy themselves with their own affairs. Only Ah Zhu, who disliked that there was no ice on the mountain, was not as cool as Lin Yanfang, and ran to Lin Yan from time to time.

Lin Yan told her, "The emperor brought back a girl, and she was stained with the emperor's dragon spirit. The little squirrel said it was because she slept with the emperor more times. But the queen married the emperor for so many years, and the two lay in bed. There should be more times on one bed."

Ah Zhu was not interested in the emperor's affairs, she stretched out her hand to pinch Lin Yan's face, only to realize that because of the human prince, Lin Yan no longer allowed her to pinch his face.

With nothing to do, she wanted to take revenge on that human prince.So she rolled her eyes, smiled and said to Lin Yan: "Lying on a bed does not mean that you have slept. Human beings have special places for people to visit how to sleep. Do you want to go and see, I will take you there?"

Is there such a place?Lin Yan cheered up and nodded quickly.

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